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Re:State projections for Covid-19 by dragonwriter on Friday March 20, 2020 @07:15PM (#22642710)
> People not having jobs means they could end up homeless and vulnerable.

Eviction/foreclosure bans have in many places been adopted along with shelter-in-place orders.

> Hard to practice social distancing in a homeless shelter and get access to adequate nutrition, especially if they become overpopulated

Why California’s emergency approach includes the power to seize hotels to rapidly expand shelter capacity (and why SF is in negotiations to buy hotel space for an extended time for that purpose.)

Re:State projections for Covid-19 by techntoke on Friday March 20, 2020 @09:08PM (#22643365)
> Eviction/foreclosure bans have in many places been adopted along with shelter-in-place orders.

They are simply pausing evictions. So, you lose your job due to the pandemic and as soon as it has improved then you still get kicked out. I don't think that is much relief, especially if there is another wave.

Here is the order:

https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_90705-52...

> Why California’s emergency approach includes the power to seize hotels to rapidly expand shelter capacity (and why SF is in negotiations to buy hotel space for an extended time for that purpose.)

All I've seen is for quarantine sites, not for shelters.

Re:State projections for Covid-19 by NotSammyHagar on Saturday March 21, 2020 @01:41PM (#22648239)
Seattle / Wa state has already been buying hotels around here too. And we started building temporary hospitals on soccer fields.